Windows 8.1 to be unveiled this week at users meeting

Wednesday

Jun 26, 2013 at 12:01 AMJun 26, 2013 at 4:54 AM

REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft will use its annual developers conference to release a preview of Windows 8.1, a free update that promises to address some of the gripes people have had with the latest version of the company's flagship operating system.

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft will use its annual developers conference to release a preview of Windows 8.1, a free update that promises to address some of the gripes people have had with the latest version of the company’s flagship operating system.

The Build conference, which starts today in San Francisco, will give Microsoft’s partners and technology developers a chance to learn more about the new system and try it out.

There’s also speculation that Microsoft could show off a new, smaller version of its Surface tablet computers.